September 29, 2016

Just on the outskirts of the Cotswold town of Chipping Campden, set amongst the
Cotswold stone buildings, you will find the head offices of Campden BRI.

Campden BRI is a dynamic, cutting-edge research organisation, which counts some
of the biggest global players in the food and drink industry as its members. It
has been supporting the food and drink industry for over 90 years.

Boasting a total of 3,000 square metres of labs and 3,500 square metres of
pilot plant, the team of 350 staff at Campden BRI provides the food and drink
industry with practical scientific, technical and advisory services needed to
ensure product safety and quality, as well studying the efficiency of both
processes and production.

They also train thousands of food and drink specialists each year. The work
carried out by Campden BRI covers four main areas: analysis and testing,
knowledge management, research and innovation and operational support.

Analysis and testing Relevant, reliable and timely analytical results are
essential for the food and drink industry.

The analysis of food – from the raw materials and ingredients and through
processing to the final end product – is an important part of managing food
safety, quality and authenticity. Results are the basis for many big decisions.

Campden BRI offer a wide range of analyses, including assessing ingredients’
suitability for purpose, and microbiological and contaminant testing, to
determining the composition and authenticity of food, foreign body analysis,
packaging and sensory analysis.

During our tour we were shown Campden BRI’s state of the art sensory
facilities. Many retailers and manufacturers call on Campden BRI’s help when
developing new products to carry out discrimination tests - such as triangle
tests - to investigate potential taint problems or the effects on the product
of changes in ingredients or process.

Healthy
demand for phytogenic feed additives (PFAs) in livestock production should
cause annual global sales to grow four-fold by 2030, according to calculations
by BIOMIN.

The botanicals market has grown rapidly in recent years, having already topped
US$500 million in global sales in 2015.

Worldwide sales will cross the US$1
billion threshold by 2023 and could reach US$2 billion annually by 2030.

“Looking at numerous scenarios based on feed production trends, evolving
consumer demands, changes in livestock production including antibiotic-free and
antibiotic reduction strategies, and the growing demand for animal protein
products, by 2030 we can expect the PFA market to total between US$1.7 billion
and US$2 billion,” explained Michael Noonan, Global Product Manager Phytogenics
at BIOMIN.

Efficiency gains “Improving feed efficiency is a perennial concern for the livestock
industry,” said Mr Noonan.

Feed costs represent anywhere from 50% to 80% of production costs, depending on
the livestock species and country.

“Particularly in the context of competitive global animal-protein markets,
efficiency matters. The feed conversion ratio (FCR) improvement that
Digestarom® delivers makes it an indispensable tool for animal performance and
profitability,” he added.

Market drivers Though roughly 3% of the 1.2 billion tons of feed used worldwide
today include these plant-based products, PFA inclusion in livestock feed
should grow considerably by 2030.

This represents growth in global market demand of 8% to 10% per year on
average. “Some of the largest and most sophisticated livestock operations have
been early-adopters of phytogenic feed additives, and have continued to use
them in light of the benefits that they have achieved,” said Mr Noonan.

Consumer preferences have shifted considerably in recent years, as efforts to
phase out antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) and coccidiostats have accelerated
in countries worldwide, including Brazil, China and the United States.

Antibiotic reduction and the uptake of novel growth promoters (NGPs) to
optimize feed costs, improve efficiency and reduce emissions should boost
demand worldwide for PFAs in the future.

Joint venture brings together two leading industry players
to produce tasty, high-quality, and safe chicken products Joint venture is
Cargill’s first entry in the poultry business in Indonesia, reflecting the
company’s continued commitment to invest in the country Singapore.

Cargill and So Good Food, a wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary of leading
agri-food company Japfa, have entered into a 60-40 joint venture to produce and
supply fully-cooked poultry products in Indonesia.

Cargill and Japfa will also work together to produce a new range of value-added
consumer food products.

Besides toll manufacturing for So Good Food, the joint venture company, Cahaya
Gunung Foods (Shining Mountain Foods), will supply high quality products to
well-established and reputable quick service restaurants (“QSR”); hotels,
restaurants, and the food service sector (“HORECA”); as well as convenience
stores and petrol kiosks (“CVS”) in Indonesia.

Cahaya Gunung Foods will also have the capability to export products to the
region.
Cementing Partnership, Strengthening Capabilities
Derek Schoonbaert of Cargill was appointed Managing Director of Cahaya Gunung
Foods and he stated: “Indonesia is an important growth market for Cargill. This
is our first venture in the poultry business in Indonesia and we are excited to
be partnering with Japfa.

We will implement our world-class systems and processes to ensure high quality
chicken products through our broad industry expertise and quality standards.
Cargill enters partnership with Japfa for poultry products in Indonesia.

On Japfa’s latest partnership, Mr Tan Yong Nang, Chief Executive Officer of
Japfa, explained, “We are pleased to further cement our relationship with
Cargill, whom we have had a long standing business relationship with. To be
selected as Cargill’s JV partner is testament of Japfa’s high quality, food
safety and welfare standards. We look forward to strengthening our capabilities
and know-how with Cargill’s broad industry expertise, and deliver even better
quality chicken products.”

Cahaya Gunung Foods will initially operate out of So Good Food’s existing
value-added meat plant at Boyolali, Indonesia and take over the employment of
the employees at the processing facility.

Both companies will look to invest and expand the operations together, focusing
on new premium products.

Meanwhile, So Good Food will continue to operate its four meat processing
plants in Indonesia, focused on producing downstream branded ready-to-eat
consumer food products such as chicken nuggets, meat balls and shelf-stable
sausages.

Growing Appetite in Indonesia
According to Euromonitor, Indonesia is the largest foodservice market in ASEAN.
The value sales for Indonesia’s foodservice market grew at a compound annual
growth rate (“CAGR”) of 8.7% from 2010 to 2014, reaching US$36.8 billion in
2014, which was about US$14 billion higher than the next largest ASEAN market,
Thailand.

Full-service restaurants, fast food and street stalls/kiosks are the top three
growth drivers for Indonesia’s foodservice market. The sales value of the foodservice
market is estimated to increase at a CAGR of 9.0% from 2015 to 2019 to hit
US$56.3 million by end 2018.

“As the world’s fourth most populous nation, Indonesia’s foodservice market
offers immense opportunities. Today, our So Good, So Good Sozzis and So Nice
brands are already award-winning household brands in Indonesia for processed
meats such as chicken nuggets, meat balls and shelf-stable sausages. Our JV
with Cargill will take us a step further into new growth segments such as
HORECA and CVS with a wider range of consumer food products,” concluded Mr Tan.

The challenge has been to design instrumentation that is powerful yet simple to
operate and maintain.

NIR analysers are now available for use in all aspects of food production;
right from ‘farm to factory.’ Australian company Next Instruments specialises
in designing and manufacturing NIR analysers for use by farmers, grain traders,
grain processors and food manufacturers.

Firstly, farmers do often have science and engineering degrees, but their
primary job is to grow and reap their crops. Therefore, the tools that they use
to assist them in this process need to be easy to use, rugged and reliable.

Secondly, grain buyers and grain processing companies typically have a
laboratory, or at least an office to operate instruments.

However the instruments still have to perform the tasks quickly and simply;
with the information generated easily accessible in this digital age.

And finally, food manufacturers want to use information to improve their
product quality and their operational productivity. NIR analysers can play a
useful role in the process of taking grains and oil seeds from the farm to the
supermarket shelves.
Description
Next Instruments’ broad range of NIR analysers is based on a simple diode array
spectrometer that has a relatively small footprint, has no moving parts, is
fairly low cost to manufacture; whilst still being both rugged and reliable.

Figure 1: Schematic of Diode Array Spectrometer

Figure 1 shows a schematic of this diode array spectrometer.

Light from a tungsten halogen lamp shines through a sample of grains, powder,
slurry or liquid. The light energy is absorbed by the protein, moisture, oil
and sugars present in the sample.

The transmitted light is focused into the spectrometer where the light gets
separated into its component wavelengths. The separated light, called the NIR
spectrum (see figure 2), is projected onto a silicon photodiode array detector
that is also used in photocopiers and flatbed scanners.

The detectors in the array measure the intensity of the light that hits each
receptor, with protein absorbing at a specific wavelength - 1020nm, whilst
water absorbs at 970nm, oil at 905nm and sugars at 820nm.

By measuring the amount of light that hits each detector element, then the
amount of light absorbed at each wavelength can be calculated.

Figure 2: NIT Spectra of Grains and Oilseeds

This allows the instrument to measure the concentration of each component. The
more light that is absorbed, the higher the concentration. Typically this
simple diode array spectrometer typically weighs approximately 7kg and is the
size of a lunch box.

The spectrometer can be fitted to an instrument chassis with the appropriate
sampling mechanism to make a NIR analyser for many different applications.

On Farm NIR Analysers
The CropScan range of On Farm NIR Analyser includes the CropScan 1000 and 3000
configurations.

The CropScan 1000G (see figure 3) is a portable whole grain analyser designed
to provide farmers with the ability to measure their grains before the truck
leaves the farm gate.

The 1000G can be run from a car adapter and suits operation in a utility
vehicle, a tractor or a combine. Grain can be analysed in less than 60 seconds
for protein, moisture and oil.

The farmer can use the information to segregate the crop by protein and oil in
order to capture ‘higher-grade’ premiums. The superior accuracy of the NIR for
measuring moisture provides farmers with the ability to know when to strip and
when to dry their grains.

The CropScan 3000H On Combine Analyser is the only proven whole grain analyser
to operate on virtually any combine harvester.

A
statement from the US Grains Council (USGC), Growth Energy and the Renewable
Fuels Association (RFA):

“We are disappointed that the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of
China (MOFCOM) has issued a preliminary determination claiming US dried
distiller’s grains with or without solubles (DDGS) are being unfairly subsidised
by US government entities and have caused injury to the China’s DDGS industry.

September 27, 2016

The
company has invented, designed, perfected and manufactured in-house a very
clever multi-purpose heat processor called the ‘CalorMatic’.

It offers a new concept for the economical, efficient, uniformed and clean
thermal treatment for a large variety of products, by-products and materials.

It basically roasts, toasts and dries grains; for example, it takes moisture
out of the soybeans making the soy a better protein for the feed industry,
giving better enzyme activity and conversion for bette§r feed energy.

It’s a hybrid product, it’s more like a dryer.

These units are available in different sizes.

Sweet indicated that they have sold
multiple units to a customer in the US that processes specialty products for
the dairy and animal industries.

I was taken outside to see first-hand this awesome machine, this working model
is kept onsite to run tests for potential customers to see if it will extract
the right amount of moisture from the different products received.

This CalorMatic has a powerful fan that pulls air from the outside and forces
it through a flame burner which fills a chamber with heated air under the
conveyor.

Installing a grain storage facility is a very complicated operation. Many parameters need to be considered, such as climate conditions, features of the stored grain and specific loading and unloading requirements.

This is where the Mysilo team comes in, both as a consulting service and also for installing your turn-key facility.

Supplied by the world’s finest steel mills, the high-strength galvanized steel used in Mysilo’s construction work is shaped in their own entirely computerised workshops.

The bigger the bin, the more measurement points you'll need for greater
accuracy. 3D offers a multiple sensor configuration for the biggest bins.

By combining the measurement points from all sensors, you get volume accuracy
you won't get from any other sensor.

A 3D inventory system has all this:

• RS-485 or 4-20 mA output compatible
with your HMI
• MultiVision software for
monitoring all bins on your secure LAN
• Wireless radios to get your
data from the bins to a PC or network switch
• Self-cleaning acoustic
technology with minimal maintenance and no air purge
• The only sensor with
optional 3D visualisation of bin topography

Brabender’s universal use laboratory flour mill is an easy to operate classic
when it comes to preparing samples of wheat, spelt, rye, barley and rice for
quality analyses.

It works on a roller basis in a multi-stage milling process, which creates
standardised laboratory flours in just a single pass – with reproducible test
results in a realistic simulation of the production process.

The ground material is separated and collects in a powder/bran drawer, where it
can be subjected to standard inspections, such as with a Farinograph,
Extensograph, Amylograph or Alveograph, or for sample size calculation.

Brabender also supplies three accessory components that enable you to expand
the Quadrumat Junior for use in special applications:

- A special 150-micrometer sieve enables Alveograph-specific standard flour to
be produced.

- The device is optimised for analysis according to the AACC 26-50 method.

- A special version of the Quadrumat Junior is available for use with durum
wheat.

New version with user-friendly features
The closed grinding process enables maximum separation of the endosperm from
the exosperm – while at the same time gently reducing the size of the flour and
bran particles.

The flour’s yield can be tuned according to type specifications, making quality
assessments close to practical conditions possible in the lab.

Easy
to clean design: Round sifter easier to remove

The recently introduced new version of the Quadrumat Junior offers a whole
range of improvements that make it even more user friendly:

- The cleaning procedure has been simplified for this latest version: The
housing can now be opened, and direct access to the now removable round sifter
enables cleaning in no time at all.

- The unavoidable noise levels resulting from the realistic milling process
combined with the performance level have been significantly reduced.

- The equipment meets current safety standards.

- And last but not least, the housing is now more robust, as a result of
comprehensive materi-al tests based on everyday use.

- Also available to order is an optional lamp that provides light in the
separator area, making it easy to monitor the separation process at all times.

Brabender has therefore brought its Quadrumat Junior high quality laboratory
mill – for use in the milling, cultivation and research sectors, as well as by
baked goods and pasta product manufacturers – up to the very latest technical
standards.

On-Store is a new, fully aerated temporary grain storage system that is offered
as a 20,000 or 50,000 bushel system.

“The most important aspect of On-Store systems, with the widening basis and new
for immediate storage, is that these can be up and operational in just one
day,” said Scott Gladish, On-Store’s national sales director.

“So, you’ve got all that additional storage in a small amount of time and added
flexibility with harvest time logistics when there is no need to choose between
sitting at the elevator or sitting in a combine.”

The On-Store systems consist of a galvanised steel grain ring, grain vac
unloading system ports and an aeration system that is equipped with a five or
10-horsepower fan. “Farmers are utilising these units to hedge against the
markets, which have not been friendly as of late,” Mr Gladdish said.

“The markets don’t care if farmers have issues or if their cost of production
is higher than what corn pays, but if you are able to increase storage it can
allow for better hedging against these lower markets.”

Installing a grain storage facility is a very complicated operation. Many parameters need to be considered, such as climate conditions, features of the stored grain and specific loading and unloading requirements.

This is where the Mysilo team comes in, both as a consulting service and also for installing your turn-key facility.

Supplied by the world’s finest steel mills, the high-strength galvanised steel used in Mysilo’s construction work is shaped in their own entirely computerised workshops.

Welcome to Milling4Life a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation dedicated to
the prevention and alleviation of poverty, financial hardship and malnutrition
and enhancing food security through promoting sustainable milling.

The first project is to introduce the benefits of modern milling technology and
practice to a wider audience on the African continent through targeted knowledge
transfer.

For example, the charity plans to invite two African candidates from each
selected African country to visit a major milling event (be it a conference or
exhibition) for an intensive week of knowledge acquisition.

Clifford Spencer

These candidates will benefit from sponsored travel and accommodation with the
visit purpose being to intensively acquire knowledge of the milling industry.

The candidates will then return home armed with this knowledge and with
continuing contact with the parties they have met in that formative week.

In particular the agency will assist in the initial selection of candidates and
for this we are exceptionally grateful to this esteemed organisation which sits
at the heart of African continental policy.

NEPAD will participate in an opening Panel Discussion on
Tuesday October 25 the subject, ‘Feeding the Fastest Growing Economies of East
Africa.’

This panel discussion will be moderated by Buhler African
Milling School’s Martin Schlauri (you will find elsewhere in this issue the
importance the Buhler Group is now placing on the milling industry’s to respond
and meet the food demands of a world of nine billion by 2050) and already
includes Abubaker Bakhresa, Nick Hutchinson and the Ethiopian Millers
Association as confirmed panelists.

Milling4Life will also arrange a reception on the afternoon
of Thursday October 27 as a closed invitation where we will outline in more
detail the role of Milling4Life working with NEPAD.

The agency will also give a
more detailed explanation of its work and role in Africa.

In our modern high-tech world it is difficult to contemplate
the reality that many people still cannot afford to pay for milled grain
products – or for animal protein products produced through feed milling.
Milling for Life wants to play its part in bringing about change in a range of
milling sectors.

The world’s leading trade fair for animal production, EuroTier, will present
future solutions for agriculture from 15 to 18 November at the Exhibition
Centre Hanover.

This will give rise to 251 innovations which have been registered with the
event organiser DLG (German Agriculture Society) by the exhibitors. Innovations
will be shown that sustainably increase and secure business success.

Dr Reinhard Grandke

On the other hand, the solutions contribute to the further improvement of
animal welfare and environmentally-friendly production conditions, as well as
the working conditions. Additionally, international expertise from industry,
farming, science and consultation is present at EuroTier.

With its unique information offer, EuroTier provides orientation for managing
the current and future tasks in agricultural livestock husbandry. It is the
international future forum for modern animal production and the most important
impulse generator for the individual farmer as much as for the entire industry.

2,523 exhibitors from 57 countries will provide a complete offer for all areas
of modern animal production. With this, EuroTier reports a new record number of
registrations. The registration numbers have increased by approximately 4
percent when compared with the previous record result of four years ago.

The exhibition area has also reached a new record size with more than 280,000
m2. Therefore, the professional animal keepers from all over the world are
offered even more information than ever before.

Outstanding contribution from abroad
Companies from abroad are solely responsible for the increase in exhibitor
numbers. With 1,453 companies (58 percent), foreign firms are represented more
strongly than never before. The majority of the exhibitors from abroad come
from the Netherlands (231 companies).

DLG sees this high foreign contribution
as a clear sign of the continuing global alignment of the enterprises and the
agricultural economics with their international interrelations. The firms want
to make targeted use of the EuroTier platform to open up new markets.

High information requirement of animal producers
The amount of information required by animal producers is still high. Farm and
herd managers require the most modern and professional concepts to make their
farms fit for the future.

This applies to all questions in the areas breeding, feeding, husbandry,
management, logistics and especially in the areas animal health and animal
welfare. Solutions required for a yield increase along the entire value added
chain, from production to the end product. At EuroTier, the latest findings and
approaches are discussed in many professional lectures and discussion rounds on
all the exhibition days.

As the Bundesverband Praktizierender Tierärzte (bpt, Federal Association of
Practising Veterinary Surgeons) will be holding its annual congress again at
the same time as the EuroTier on the trade fair area in Hanover, there will be
an intensive exchange of opinions between veterinarians and farmers from all
over the world on questions of animal health.

Challenge nutrition
The challenge to feed ten billion people in the future - with food in
sufficient amounts and quality - has not changed, neither has the increasing
demand for agricultural products for energy and material supplies.

That the global demands for agricultural products, for food, fuel, and fibre
will double in the coming decades is well-known and remains the challenge for
the agricultural industry. This challenge can only be answered by a modern
agriculture.

This will need to apply technological innovations and methods and with them
efficiently utilise the scarcest factors of all, the fertile arable land and
grassland areas, while at the same time minimising the load on the environment.

Spirits in European farming still dampened
German farmers still view the current economic situation cautiously. This is
shown by the preliminary results of the current DLG trend monitor from autumn
2016.

Even though the prices for slaughter pigs have clearly increased, pig keepers
are emerging from a one-year-long phase of low prices. Dairy farmers are still
in a difficult price situation, where securing liquidity is in the foreground.

Cash crop producers must be prepared for a phase of low prices, as the globally
large grain harvest, especially in the Black Sea region, is leading to price
pressure. Against this background, German, French and Polish farmers still view
the current economic situation cautiously.

However, British farmers are happier with the economic situation than they were
even in spring 2016.

British farmers more confident again
As the DLG trend monitor further points out, the German and Polish farmers
continue to have cautious expectations for the business development in the next
twelve months.

The business prospects of farmers in France have also deteriorated
considerably. The by far below average harvest there, is causing incomes to
drop, especially those from grain exports. Furthermore, the situation of the
dairy and pig farmers continues to be tense.

In Great Britain, the farmers are clearly more confident about future business
development. The Brexit decision is coupled to hopes for farming with fewer
stipulations, even if it is unclear, how well a renationalised agricultural
policy will be financed.
Regressive willingness to invest in Germany, France, and Poland
Farmers in Germany, France, and Poland are planning to invest less in the
coming twelve months. A different picture in Great Britain: The willingness to
invest increased by 8 percent to the current 32 percent.

In Germany, compared with the spring survey, the pig farmers reduced
investments (minus seven per cent) as did cash crop farmers (minus seven per
cent) and the dairy farmers (minus three per cent). While dairy farmers in
Britain are willing to invest more (plus ten per cent), the dairy farmers in
France are further reducing their investments (minus seven per cent).

The willingness to invest of the Polish dairy farmers is about stable when compared
to the spring survey. All in all, the willingness of dairy farmers to invest
remains below average in comparison with the last few years, as the current
market situation does not allow much space for investment.

Even though it seems that milk payouts have bottomed out, dairy farmers still
have to be prepared for further months with low price levels until cost neutral
prices are reached.

The willingness to invest also differs among the pig farmers: While the
willingness to invest has risen by plus 19 per cent to now 40 per cent in Great
Britain, the pig farmers have reduced their investment plans now by two per
cent to now 37 per cent.

German pig farmers reduced investments by minus three per cent to 38 per cent
and only 15 per cent of the French pig farmers (minus ten per cent) are willing
to invest. Following the low in prices in 2015/2016, the pig prices have now
risen considerably.

However, at the moment, securing liquidity and building up liquidity reserves
is the focus of the farm managers.

Furthermore, there is huge insecurity regarding the current controversial
discussion about further development of the standards for animal welfare and
the still not concluded discussion about the fertiliser ordinance.

Farmers in Britain are hoping for better conditions on the national markets
through Brexit.
Cash crop producers reduce their investments
In all the countries, the cash crop producers reduced their investments. As
demonstrated by the DLG trend monitor, the willingness to invest drops in
Germany by seven per cent to 30 per cent, in Great Britain by three per cent to
28 per cent, in France by six per cent to eight per cent and in Poland by three
per cent to 36 per cent.

Following the comfortable price levels for grains and oil seeds in the last
years, the prices for wheat have dropped for the first time since 2011, to
constantly below the price mark of 180 €/t.

Although the price level is low in general, the cash crop producers hope to
receive price premiums for quality cereals, as quality cereals overall are
scarce. In the present price situation, the cash crop producers are also
preparing themselves to secure the farm liquidity.

Furthermore, the cash crop producers have in parts made extensive investments
and renewed the machine park, so that the requirement for investments is
currently assessed as being low.
The social environment plays an increasingly important role
Besides the market framework conditions, which orient themselves on supply and
demand, the social environment of animal production is beginning to play an
increasingly important role in the development and implementation of
operational strategies of the animal producers.

According to current figures from the DLG trend monitor Europe autumn 2016, the
farm managers particularly in Germany are concentrating on improving the level
of animal welfare of the animal holding systems.

Furthermore, innovations in technology for requirement-oriented slurry
application and procedures for determining the nutrient contents of slurry are
of particular importance for them.

The aim is to apply nutrients from farm-own fertilisers more efficiently and
with fewer losses and at the same time improve the economic efficiency of the
use of farm’s own fertilisers as well as the environmental effects.

Energy Decentral 2016
Approximately 330 specialist exhibitors will take part in the EnergyDecentral
2016, the international specialist trade fair for innovative energy supply.

This is a slight drop compared with 2014. The number of agricultural biogas
plants is only growing very slightly under the current political framework
conditions.

However, in Germany alone, there is an enormous number of producing plants,
which will contribute its constant share to regenerative energy production in
the years to come.

Optimisation, repowering and operation of the plants are clearly in the
foreground. Besides this, internationally the interest in biogas is unbroken.

World-wide, there is also a high potential for this area in the waste
management area and many innovative developments advanced in the use of
alternative substrates. Examples of this are straw, bagasse or residues from
the food industry.

Many visitors expected
EuroTier is the world’s leading trade fair for animal production. With its
excellent and compact unique information offer, it will provide orientation for
animal producers from all over the globe. The DLG expects a similar visitor
volume to that of 2014, where around 156,000 experts visited EuroTier.

September 25, 2016

Once again I have had the privilege to visit other countries and see first-hand
other farming systems

Chris Jackson

This time I have returned again from Indonesia where along with my colleagues
at Perendale Publishers Ltd we were represented at the Indo Livestock event in
Jakarta along with other UK companies.

This event, which showcases some of the best technologies available worldwide
to an audience of managers and decision makers, clearly demonstrated the need
for innovative and forward thinking companies to continually promote their
products on a world stage.

A few years ago, the western world was largely the exhibiting innovators now we
seem many other countries such as South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand; to name but
a few.

These nations are clearly aiming to penetrate developing markets, of which
Indonesia is a prime example.

With a Government determined to increase both agricultural and aqua cultural outputs
and still with a huge rurally based population, there are so many ways that
elevating production can be achieved at primary production level to the benefit
of rural communities.

In order to achieve this, training and motivating and incentivising the
workforce must be a priority. Achieving these targets is vital to efficient
production and demonstrates how simple technical improvements can have an
impact when increasing outputs, which is a crucial part of increasing living
standards and the well being of rural populations.

Improving techniques and increasing profits Often during my visits, whilst I
often see well-qualified and highly motivated managers, it seems to me that
their messages do not reach the staff working with them.

One of my goals is to set up basic training in rural areas given by practical
teachers who understand both the local culture and challenges, providing
trainees with first hand experience of the industries needs.

Once improved techniques have been demonstrated leading to increase profits,
then other issues can begin to be addressed.

The first of such issues is the need for investment in seed stock, buildings
and equipment, without which continued improvements and profitability will not
be able to be sustained.

The 20,000 m2 factory and the office of the ÇSİ, is equipped
with the highest quality engineering and producing technology.

Their goal is to sell our products using the ÇSİ brand in the domestic and
abroad markets; presenting the highest quality and service, combined with our
experiences they have gained over the years.

All of the equipment they use in the production of our silos have ISO 9001:2000
certificate and supplies all the requirements of the Quality Management System.

ÇSİ has become an expert in the production of the silos and equipment, in their
highest technology equipped institutions.

Having adequate technology, manpower and substructure, ÇSİ has an impressive
place in the market.

Their main attribute is the capability of doing the montage of the silos, which
have different diameter and tonnages, their carrying equipment and the concrete
bottoms at the shortest duration as possible.

This attribute is the root of their success.

ÇSİ has proved its difference with its experienced quality control unit and
Ar-Ge unit.

ÇSİ uses modern machines and equipment in all the steps of the production and
its engineering team which has the highest technology and quality, analyses the
necessities of the customers continuously.

The experienced engineering team in the Ar-Ge department, uses the latest
computer programmes and techniques while preparing the project designs,
developments, patterns, drawings and the production systems.

ÇSİ is always continuing its search of quality

The basic components of their quality of production is the necessities of our
customers combining with the highest technology.

The main aim of ÇSİ is to improve its success day by day and give the customers
the continuous and the best quality of product and service.Visit the website HERE.

A
combination of conflict and dry weather leads to poor wheat harvest in Syria.

According a recent article written on voanews.com, Syria's wheat harvest nearly
halved to 1.3 million tons this year, the lowest in 27 years, as fighting and
poor rainfall further degraded the farming sector and the nation's ability to
feed itself.

The government of President Bashar al-Assad was forced to tender this summer
for an unprecedented 1.35 million tons of imported wheat from political ally
Russia to ensure supply of the flat loaves that are a staple for the Syrian
people.

Before the five-year-old civil war, Syria was a wheat exporter producing four
million tons in a good year and able to export 1.5 million tons.

Now wheat and bread have become an integral part of the war, with wheat farms,
seed distribution, milling and bakeries all affected.

The Damascus government subsidises bread for the areas it controls and aid
agencies offer supported prices in some areas, but Syrians in other parts of
the country suffer bread shortages and high prices.

"You know why most people carry weapons? Because of bread," said
Mahmoud al Sheikh, a health worker from a besieged part of Damascus.

"Hunger makes people sell themselves to the armed groups so they can eat
and bring food to their families." Al Sheikh, speaking to Reuters by
telephone from the capital's Eastern Ghouta suburb, said earlier in the year
his besieged area scarcely saw bread.

"Sometimes there's no bread at all. People start to make bread from barley
... It goes on like this for months. People eat cabbage instead - it's enough
to test your faith. Really, people's situations become miserable," he
said.

Support for study projects in the fields of science, agriculture,
medicine and teacher training in scientific subjects / Sponsorship for projects
abroad in vocational careers as well as a special budget for projects with a
focus on Africa / Since 2007, scholarships worth more than EUR 2 million have
been awarded to 442 young people

Bayer Science & Education Foundation is making available approximately EUR
345,000 for 64 talented young people who wish to realise international study
and vocational training projects.

The new scholarship recipients are students of the natural sciences,
agriculture and medicine, as well those training to become science teachers or
young people from skilled non-academic professions.

“We need dedicated and creative young scientists if we are to successfully
shape the future. That's why with the Bayer Fellowship Program we are helping
talented young people to participate in special study and continuing education
projects abroad,” says Kemal Malik, Bayer Management Board member responsible
for Innovation.

The scholarship program follows the tradition of the Bayer scholarships
initiated back in 1923 by Dr. Carl Duisberg, at that time Managing Director of
the Bayer Group.

Duisberg is regarded as a pioneer in the intensive cooperation between industry
and universities, as well as in corporate social responsibility.

Explains Dr. Carl-Heinz Duisberg, member of the Scientific Committee of the
Bayer Fellowship Program and youngest grandchild of the program’s founder: “My
grandfather wanted to provide good training opportunities for young people
because he saw this as a means of ensuring long-term benefits for society.

He is also quoted as saying ‘We must spend every spare penny on science – it is
the best investment we can make.’”

All scholarships underline the mission of the Bayer foundation to work with
young people and the next generation of scientists and opinion-leaders and to
strengthen interest in the major challenges facing our society, such as health
and agriculture.

Alongside the Otto Bayer, Jozef Schell and Carl Duisberg scholarships, the
Bayer Fellowship Program also includes the Kurt Hansen and Hermann Strenger
scholarships. For the second time, the Bayer Science & Education Foundation
offers an additional special budget for “Talents for Africa”.

The scholarships are targeted at students and vocational trainees in natural
science and medical disciplines who would like to realise a particular foreign
study project and require financial support for this. In addition to
Germany-based applicants who would like to study abroad, the foundation
supports scholarship recipients from outside of Germany who wish to realize a
comparable project in Germany.

Academic disciplines receiving support this year include the life sciences,
chemistry, agriculture as well as human and veterinary medicine, with a total
of 44 scholarships being awarded. Two Kurt Hansen scholarship recipients are
also receiving assistance for teacher training in the natural sciences.

The scholarships in the academic sector are being supplemented by Hermann
Strenger scholarships to support young people looking to gain initial work
experience abroad as part of a non-academic training program. This year, 12
young people from Germany are being supported who are planning a period abroad
as part of their commercial, technical or health profession training.

Thanks to the Bayer scholarships, 41 new fellows from Germany will start their
projects in Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France,
Great Britain, Iran, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, the
United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Another 23 new scholarship winners will be able to implement their individual
projects in Germany, coming from: Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Denmark,
Greece, India, Kenya, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Croatia, Mexico,
Nepal, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Spain, Uruguay and the United States.

The Bayer Science & Education Foundation thus is launching the tenths round
of its funding program, which offers targeted support for scientific exchange
and international work experience for young people. It targets creative, highly
motivated and socially committed young people with above-average grades.

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